Musgravetown Group

The Musgravetown Group is a terminal Ediacaran stratigraphic group of terrestrialish sandstones, lavas and tuffs[4] cropping out in Newfoundland.

Musgravetown Group
Stratigraphic range:
TypeGroup
Sub-units

(in Random Island map area[1])
  • Trinny Cove Fm

(elsewhere?)[2]

(on Cape St Mary's Peninsula[3])

UnderliesBonavista Group (unconformably)
OverliesConnecting Point Group
Location
Region Newfoundland
Country Canada

Occurrence of the Musgravetown Group in southeastern Newfoundland

It corresponds temporally to the Signal Hill Group further east.

References
  1. Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73 (1–4): 123–136. Bibcode:1995PreR...73..123M. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.
  2. A. F. King, S. P. Colman-Sadd; J. P. Hayes (eds.), GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND (parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C) Map 88-01 (Digital reproduction) (PDF)
  3. (PDF) http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/report06_02.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/currentresearch/2005/obrien.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Normore, L.S. (2012). Geology of the Random Island map area (NTS 2C/04), Newfoundland. Curr. Res. Newfoundl. Labrador Dep. Nat. Resour. Geol. Surv. Report 12-, 121–145.


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